via Inc.com by Wanda Thibodeaux You're a smart cookie. You know you can't make yourself happy by burying yourself in material stuff. But as Karen Kaplan of the Los Angeles Times reports, research led by Ashley Williams of Harvard Business School shows you shouldn't disconnect your wallet from your contentment just...
What if you could change your life with just one sentence? What if you could enjoy, almost immediately, more happiness and success? If possible, surely that would make you happy! Well this guy, who just happens to be a US Marine veteran, reckons you should try this...
You don't have to have a formal psychological diagnosis to benefit from the expertise of a therapist. And you don't have to be suffering to want to feel better and enjoy more happiness. In fact, just as most of us work towards better physical health, so too...
via Inc.com by Lolly Daskal Every day, we're surrounded by life lessons--little self-contained bits of truth that can help each of us to be a more successful manager, a greater boss, a superior leader, a better person. It's easy to dismiss these ideas because they're packaged in such small bites,...
It's hard to be happy if you're sick and tired. Stress can kill happiness as easy as 1, 2, 3...
Self compassion is increasingly being found to correlate highly and positively with a number of desirable constructs including wellbeing, health and happiness. Not surprisingly, if we feel better about ourselves, we feel better about our lives. A healthy attitude towards oneself brings about a healthy dose of...
THE HAPPINESS INSTITUTE & DR. HAPPY For most of my life I thought "controlling" my emotions was a good thing; now I'm not so sure...
If happiness is at least partly about accomplishment and achievement; and if happiness is at least partly about setting and working towards meaningful goals; and if happiness is at least partly about making positive progress then...
The science of happiness (or Positive Psychology) has borrowed much from Buddhism and Zen principles over the years; and what we've gradually found is that the age-old ideas are (mostly) supported by contemporary science. Accordingly, if you're interested in finding Zen ways to build more happiness...
Mindfulness has become an integral part of Positive Psychology and the science of happiness. Happiness, it's argued, requires a degree of mindfulness within its foundation. But before psychology "discovered" mindfulness, it was a core component of Buddhist teachings and notably, it wasn't always associated with happiness. Intrigued? Read...